Six newly recorded spiders of the genera Araneus, Larinia, Eriophora, Thanatus, Portia and Dolichognatha (Araneae: Araneidae, Philodromidae, Salticidae and Tetragnathidae) from Taiwan

Abstract

Six new records of the spiders from Taiwan are reported, which are, Araneus viridiventris Yaginuma 1969, Larinia fusiformis (Thorell 1877), Eriophora plumiopedella (Yin, Wang & Zhang 1987) comb. nov. (Araneidae); Thanatus miniaceus Simon 1880 (Philodromidae); Portia fimbriata (Doleschall 1859) (Salticidae) and Dolichognatha umbrophila Tanikawa 1991 (Tetragnathidae). The genera Portia, Thanatus and Dolichognatha are reported from Taiwan for the first time.